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A convoy of more than 200 white trucks crossed the Russian border to deliver humanitarian aid to a battered Ukrainian city on Saturday, a move made without Kiev’s consent yet met with silence by Ukraine’s top leaders. The much-needed aid arrived as fighting flared again between pro-Russia rebels and government forces, further...

KIEV, Ukraine — Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine on Saturday in breach of a fragile eight-day cease-fire as the Ukrainian prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of planning to destroy his country. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...

LUHANSK, Ukraine — A convoy of more than 200 white trucks crossed the Russian border to deliver humanitarian aid to a battered Ukrainian city on Saturday, a move made without Kiev’s consent yet met with silence by Ukraine’s top leaders. MoreMost Countries Are Not Doing Enough to Recover Wartime Jewish ArtWhy Ukraine’s Peace Plan...

A worker walks past an aid convoy from Russia in the town of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. More than 200 Russian trucks carrying humanitarian supplies entered into Ukrain… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

The first 35 vehicles in a second Russian aid convoy heading for rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have crossed the border, Russian news agencies reported late Friday. “Russian customs officers and border guards completed processing the first group of trucks… Now all 35 trucks have left the border crossing point towards Ukraine,”...

Kiev (AFP) – Tensions over Ukraine festered on Saturday after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis.The bitter exchange in the wake of the toughest Western sanctions yet on Russia came with a fragile nine-day...

Ukraine’s economy could shrink by up to 10% by year-end, the head of the Ukrainian central bank warned on Saturday, as the military said fighting with pro-Russia rebels had erupted again despite a shaky cease fire. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk believes Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t just want to take eastern Ukraine — he wants the whole country. “His aim is not just to take Donetsk and Lugansk,” Mr. Yatsenyuk said during a conference in Kiev on Saturday, Business Insider reported. “His goal is to …...